Loughborough mum-of-three proud of her new invention!

Karen Grace, 34, of Alan Turing Road, initially invented the Towel Cozy to keep children warm after coming out of the water but it has now snowballed into a parent’s ‘must have’ item due its many other possible uses.

A LOUGHBOROUGH mum of three has created a innovative new product after her water-loving child kept suffering from blue lips following swimming sessions.

Karen Grace, 34, of Alan Turing Road, initially invented the Towel Cozy to keep children warm after coming out of the water but it has now snowballed into a parent’s ‘must have’ item due its many other possible uses.

“I have three children myself so I spend a lot of time in the swimming pool but my middle child Emma, who is three now, loved swimming but her lips used to turn blue when we got out,” Karen told the Echo.

“She was always so cold so I thought there must be something out there I can get so went looking online.

“I did some research but found that there was just nothing out there.

“I thought I can’t be the only parent with this type of problem and then I came across these click heat pads and thought this would do the job.

“You just click the pad and it warms up so I had some samples made up and did some market research as well which was really helpful.”

The Towel Cozy then went on sale and Karen realised that the product could be used for more than just keeping warm after swimming.

“Sales have been good and people have been using them for all sorts like after football training or for muscular pain.”

Karen, who also has daughter Olivia, aged seven, and son James, 17 months, with husband Matt, cites the support of her family for pursuing her new ambition.

“I worked in telecoms sales and got made redundant in 2014.

“I became a stay at home mum but there’s only so much Jeremy Kyle you can watch!

“My dad has been a really important role model and sounding bored for the whole process, as have all my family.